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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J. W. HAYES, 0E NEWARK, NEW JEEsE'Y.

FRUIT-Box.v

Specification forming part of Leiters Patent No. 15,514, dated August l2, 1856.

4of their being sold with the fruit without any charge tothe consumer, thereby avoiding the necessity of transferring the fruit from the box or basket when sold 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and, exact description ofthe nature of my invention and the manner of construction, accompanied with the proper drawings and model.

A and B, Figures l and 2, are pieces of vcneering from iive to eight inches long and from two to four inches wide, or the same may be made either larger or smaller, into which are cut notches or slots a a' a a, Fig. l, from one-eighth to one-fourth of an inch deep and from one-half to one and one-half inchy from the ends ofthe Veneering A and B.

c c are longitudinal cuts or openings made into the veneering B, Fig. 2,' from two to four inches long and from one=half to one and a half inch from the edges of the veneering, the said cuts or openings being intended'to allow the passing of the piece of'veneering A through thepiece of the.veneering B, thus interweaving the two pieces of veneering to gether, as shown in Fig. 3, thereby forming the bottom of the box or basket. The ends of Jthe veneering d d dd, Fig. 3, are then bent at right angles with the bottoni, thereby forming a square box, as shown in Fig. 4.. A cord, e, Fig. 4, of the proper length, having the ends fastened together, is passed over the box.

and entered into the notches or slots a a au., which properly secures the cord in its place, the said cord holding the different parts of the box together in a proper form, as shown in Fig. 4.

What I claim as my invention, and for which I desire'Letters Patent, is-

The combinationl of the two pieces of veneering A and B with the notches or slots a a a a and the longitudinal openings c c, interwoven at the center, bent at right angles and secured together by the cord e in the slots a a a a, as before described, and for the purpose y before mentioned.

. J. WV. HAYES.

In presence of- IsAAc KENT, STEPHEN ENNrs. 

